Saint Martin of Tours People Ministering to People Roman Catholic Church and School Our Mission Statement Saint Martin of Tours is a Roman Catholic Community bound toger by gift of faith in Jesus Christ, as we join Him in offering thanks and praise to God Far through abiding presence of Holy Spirit. Molded by Word of God and nourished by Bread of Life and Cup of Salvation, we are sent to seek out lost, bind broken, feed hungry, and to share Good News of God s mercy and love for all. We welcome all people of goodwill to join us in building here on Earth coming Reign of God and so to offer to people of all ages continued formation in our Christian Faith. Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of Universe November 25, 2018 Rev. Saju Joseph Pastor Parish Office. 408-294-8953 Rev. Generoso Geronimo Parochial Vicar sjoseph@dsj.org Ext. 12 ggeronimo@dsj.org Ext. 14 Office Email Lori Krouse Bookkeeper stmartinoftours@icloud.com lkrouse@dsj.org Ext. 15 Therese Lehane Pastoral Care tlehane@stmartin.org Ext. 16 Sacrament of Sick If you or anyone you love is sick and unable to attend Mass, please call Pastoral Care. Catechetical Ministry 408-289-9608 Daniel Valcazar Director of Faith Formation dvalcazar@stmartin.org Ext. 21 Mass Schedule Weekdays: Mon. - Sat. 8:00 am Sunday Vigil: Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday: 7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 6:00 pm Holy Days: 8:10 am, 12:10 pm, 7:00 pm Reconciliation: www.stmartin.org Baptism A sacrament of initiation and belonging. Sunday Preschool, Children s Liturgy of Word (CLOW), Children s Catechetical Ministry (CCM) First Holy Communion Adult Sacraments of Initiation (RCIA) We warmly welcome all those inquiring about becoming Catholic. Megan Lott Catechetical Coordinator Edge, Teen Confirmation, Lifeteen & Finger Printing mlott@stmartin.org Ext. 22 St. Vincent de Paul.. Please leave a message at this number and be sure to accept calls from blocked numbers as or wise you may miss call to provide assistance. 408-439-0342 St. Martin of Tours School. 408-287-3630 Debby Rodriguez Principal 200 O Connor Drive, San Jose, California 95128
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of Universe November 25, 2018 A Reflection Thanksgiving Day is one of most unique among our holidays. In many ways, it is most religious because it's not about turkeys. It's about thanksgiving. As Christians, we even call ourselves Eucharistic People, a Thanksgiving People, because main thing we come to do around Table of Lord is to offer thanks to God at Eucharist. Eucharist is a Greek word for thanksgiving. So I think this is a very special, and maybe in some ways, most religious of our feasts, certainly most necessary. If we become an ungrateful people, that poisons our entire system. It poisons our parish. It poisons our society. If we are ungrateful, we become hostile, and we become small-minded, and we become hardhearted. In many ways, Jesus says, thanksgiving is all about life. I have come that you might have life, and have it in abundance. All is gift. All is precious. Everything in creation makes God present. Here s a reminder, simple things to be thankful for, which I read, that we might notice: I am thankful for mess to clean up after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends. I am thankful for taxes I pay because it means that I am employed. I am thankful for clos that fit a little too snug because it means I have had enough to eat. I am thankful for my shadow that watches me work because it means I am out in sunshine. I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home. I am thankful for all complaining I do about government because it means we have freedom of speech. November 24 December 1 Saturday 5:00 Carlito Non Sunday 7:00 Vivian Martinez 8:30 Suzanne Eckersley 10:00 Gisela and George Smith 11:30 Hiram Quevedo 6:00 Gerry Vinas Monday 8:00 Right to Life Tuesday 8:00 Kathleen M. Sieben Wednesday 8:00 Sophia Evans Thursday 8:00 Suzie Cisneros Friday 8:00 Saturday 8:00 Evelia Perez (Sick) I am thankful for spot I find at far end of parking lot because it means I am capable of walking. I am thankful for my big heating bill because it means I am warm. I am thankful for lady behind me in church who sings off-key because it means I can hear. I am thankful for piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved-ones are nearby. I am thankful for weariness and aching muscles at end of day because it means I have been productive. I am thankful for alarm that goes off early in morning because it means I am alive. This is Thanksgiving! Let's just notice and enjoy. And let s begin to notice again, wher it is at our Thanksgiving family meal or a phone call from a family person or a friend, or just that we make it through day. Let's give thanks for gift and presence of God in our every breath. - Fr. Generoso Geronimo
Sunday Offerings and Online Giving Sunday offerings: 11/11/2018 Fiscal Year to Date Budget $10,235 $300,450 Actual $8,842 $256,559 ($1,393) ($43,891) St. Martin of Tours School $2,506 Please mark checks Capital Campaign in memo section of your check. Thank you for your continued support! FOOD BOX FOR THE HOLIDAYS! We are already preparing for our December Food Box distribution-- and what do we want for Christmas? We only want ONE thing-- please mark your calendars now for Friday, Dec. 21 at 6pm-8pm for our December distribution event. This is always our busiest night of year-- we are expecting a record number of clients this year. If you can spare a couple of hours, we would appreciate your support. We are also soliciting donations for our Food Box and St Vincent de Paul clients of HYGIENE items: toothpaste, toilet paper, shampoo, soap, and diapers (all sizes.) Thank you, as always, for your continued support. Please contact Karen at 408/410.3222 or kguldan@gmail.com, if you have any questions regarding volunteering, or to refer new clients (all are welcome.) 11/27 12/3 Calendar of Events Women s Book Group- 7:15pm Bailey House to discuss: This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel Scripture Study- Community Building 6-7:30pm 1 st Corinthians Chapters 14-15 12/6 Evening Prayer/Adoration 7:00pm 12/8 Feast of Immaculate Conception Scripture Readings for Mass NEXT Week December 2, 2018 First Sunday of Advent First Reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 3:12 -- 4:2 Gospel Reading: Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 What most speaks to you from se readings? Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend Married Couples: Just as we celebrate Thanksgiving by garing toger with family, why not celebrate your Marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend? It s a positive, simple, common sense, private experience between husband and wife that revitalizes your marriage. Make your reservation now! The next Marriage Encounter Weekends include: Feb 15-17, 2019 in San Jose, CA and May 17-19, 2019 in San Jose, CA. For more information and/or to register for a Weekend, visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken and Claranne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413. WELCOME TO ALL WHO WORSHIP WITH US Wher you are a parishioner of long standing or new to parish, if you are not registered, we invite you to do so. If re are changes to your status, please let us know. Please fill in details below and place in offertory basket or mail to Parish office. Name Phone Email Address City Zip New Parishioner Moving (please remove from directory) New Address New Phone Number Please check to receive offering envelopes Please check to discontinue receiving envelopes
Faith Formation Corner T R E A S U R E S F R O M O U R TRADITION Occasionally, someone raises a surprised complaint that while Christmas arrives on Santa s sleigh at Macy s parade on Thanksgiving Day, Church doesn t catch on too fast. They may even say that Advent is a new-fangled idea. Not so. To trace its beginnings, we have to go back to fourth or fifth century in France (n Gaul), when Epiphany was favored day, next to Easter, for baptism. The old pagan structures of Rome were collapsing n, and many people sought to be baptized. Since adults always prepared for baptism by fasting, folks counted back a few weeks for a kind of retreat. Before too long, bishops were advising everyone to attend church frequently beginning on December 17. Soon, artists were imagining ways of expressing Advent mystery, and in Italy this gave rise to beautiful mosaics of empty thrones awaiting arrival of Lord of all creation. Advent as we know it develops on two separate tracks: first having to do with our spiritual preparation for celebrating Christmas feast, and second having to do with way this is organized and expressed in liturgical readings and prayers every day of season. --James Field VILLAGE HOUSE UPDATE! Our rotating interfaith shelter for medicallyfragile women will be hosted right in our neighborhood, from Nov 7-Dec 5 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, and Dec 5-Jan 2 at St. Pauls. Both congregations are quite small, so while y are so generous to share ir space, y need our help as volunteers. As such, St. Martin of Tours has committed to fill all of volunteer positions (at a minimum!) on Nov 29, Dec 8, Dec 17, and Dec 26. Please consult your heart and your calendar and help fill in all of dates at http:// www.villagehousesccca.org and select St. Mark's or St. Paul's. Thank you for your support! Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA Inquiry has begun! Have you ever wanted to ask your most challenging questions about Sacraments or Saints in a safe space with ors that are exploring wher Catholic Church may be a place to call home? If so, we meet weekly in Parish Office and all are welcome! Please contact Daniel at (408) 289-9608 for more info. St. Vincent De Paul Society Is a lay ministry that reaches out to those in need both spiritually and financially. The society has been part of parish since its inception. This is a ministry that is flexible and can fit in with your busy schedule. We meet on 3 rd Tuesday of month at 7:00 PM in Bailey house. For more info call 408-439-0342 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Is 29:17-24; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Mt 9:27-31 Saturday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Sunday: Bar 5:1-9; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6
PIPS (Parents in Prayer) When: Fridays 10am -Noon Where: Nursery Who: Any and All parents and Children WALK-IN s WELCOME! Questions call, Text or Email Alley Torres 408-464-4622 alenedtorres@gmail.com Sunday Children s Ministries Sunday Preschool Our Preschool runs most Sundays from October through April. The program is designed for children ages 3 to Kindergarten and includes: music, crafts, activities and faith lessons. We have ongoing Open Registration, so please visit https:// goo.gl/4pmheo to register your child. Children s Liturgy of Word (CLOW) designed for children ages 5-11. Children are sent forth from 8:30 and 10:00am Mass for ir own special Liturgy of Word. We have ongoing Open Registration, so please visit https://goo.gl/4pmheo to register your child. For information on Children s Ministry (Sunday Preschool, Children s Liturgy of Word (CLOW)) please contact Daniel at (408) 289-9608. Youth Ministry The EDGE is our middle school (6-8th) grade youth ministry and meets 5:00-6:30pm in Community Building on Tuesdays. We have ongoing Open Registration, so please visit https://goo.gl/3b2uff to register your child. Diocesan Council of Filipino Catholics invites everyone to Celebrate Simbang Gabi and to Welcome our Coadjutor Bishop, Most Reverend Oscar Cantú on December 11, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. at St. John Baptist Church in Milpitas. For more info, please call: Lou (408)439-9414; Poi Marilyn (408) 834 9577. (408) 729-7228; BE WATCHFUL!! HAVE YOU NOTICED? The gift tags are on Giving Trees at back of church. Time is a little shorter this year due to calendar and way days fall. Be sure you get your tag and have gift back on time for care centers Christmas parties and our Food Box children! We want to be sure everyone has a gift to open this year. Thank you in advance for your kind generosity! We will sort and deliver gifts after 11.30 mass on Dec 2nd, 9th, and 16th. A special thank you to Betty Carmody for preparing all giving tree tags. Nothing But Net Get yourself and your game to Saint Martin Gym on Saturday morning. Opens 7:15am. Play begins when 10 are ready; continues until last leaves, or 10am. $4.00 donation requested. If you haven t played here, you ll quickly see why parishioners and or friends get a great run to start ir weekend. For more information e. mail John Heagerty: jdheagerty@gmail.com or 408.921.6188 Think about it: friendly, fun competition and maybe swish, nothing but net. (It s good!) Life Teen is our high school youth ministry. We will be meeting most Sundays in Bailey House from 7:00-9:00 pm. We have ongoing Open Registration, so please visit https:// goo.gl/fnsgek to register your child. For more info about Youth Ministry (EDGE or Life Teen), please contact Megan at (408) 289-9608. Please "like" St. Martin of Tours Facebook page! You can find it at www.facebook.com/stmartinoftourssj When you follow our page, you'll get information about parish activities!